The civil rights group Liberty is fighting for a fresh inquest into the death of a military policewoman who hanged herself after accusing two colleagues of rape.

It has taken up the case of Corporal Anne-Marie Ellement after The Times disclosed e-mails from the soldier saying that she was bullied by colleagues who said she was a liar.

A coroner recorded a suicide verdict. Liberty is to demand a fresh inquest with a jury to examine all the factors that led to the soldier’s death. Relatives fear that the Army failed in its duty to protect the distressed woman’s life